Chapel of Eleanor of Toledo

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Fresco decoration by Bronzino, c. 1540
“Deposition of Christ” (1553 replica of the 1545 original by Bronzino)
Chapel of Eleanor of Toledo
Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della Signoria
Florence, October 2013

“The dialogue between the altarpiece with its Deposition and the three walls with their stories of Moses presaging Christ's sacrifice and the mystery of the Eucharist, points to the link between the Old and New Testaments. Bronzino himself changed the three oil-on-panel paintings on the back wall over time (1545-1564). The present Deposition replaced an earlier, almost identical version which Cosimo gave to Emperor Charles V's secretary (Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts); the panels with the Annunciation replaced a St John the Baptist (Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum) and a St Cosmas (fragment in a private collection).” (Chapel of Eleonora, Civic Museums of Florence)

Corte del Forno Vecchio

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Corte del Forno Vecchio
San Marco
Venice, September 2013

Sophienkirche

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Sophienkirche (Sophia Church)
Große Hamburger Straße
Spandauer Vorstadt, Berlin-Mitte
Berlin, September 2011

“Designed by Philipp Gerlach, its foundation stone was laid by Frederick I of Prussia. After the death of her husband Frederick's third wife Sophie Luise von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685-1735), did not (as originally intended) have the church named after her at the consecration ceremony presided over by Frederick's successor Frederick William I on 25 February 1713. On 18 June 1713 the church was dedicated as the Spandauische Kirche. It was first named after Sophie Luise under his successor Frederick II, and has been called the Sophienkirche ever since. A baroque tower was added in 1732-34 by Johann Friedrich Grael.” (Sophienkirche, Wikipedia)

La Géode

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La Géode Omnimax theatre
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Parc de la Villette
Avenue Corentin-Cariou
Quartier du Pont-de-Flandre, 19th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

“One of the most striking buildings in Paris, La Géode is a giant mirror ball 36 meters in diameter. La Géode is equivalent in height to a 12-storey building. It is covered with 6,433 stainless steel triangles, each with sides 1.20 meters long, which reflect the surrounding environment. This design was an absolute technological challenge for architect Adrien Fainsilber and engineer Félix Chamayou. It took them two years to complete the construction. La Géode is a classified monument. Inside, La Géode’s 1,000 square meter screen is made up of perforated aluminum panels and stretches over a hemisphere of 26 meters in diameter.” (La Géode, La Géode)

The Meeting at Teano

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Monument featuring the “Meeting at Teano” by Oreste Calzolari, 1906
(The meeting at Teano between Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II)
Piazza Mino da Fiesole, Fiesole
Florence, April 2014

“Teano was the site of the famous meeting of October 26, 1860, between Italian nationalist fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emanuel II, the King of Sardinia. Having wrested the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from the Neapolitan Bourbons, Garibaldi shook Victor Emanuel's hand and hailed him as King of Italy. Thus, Garibaldi sacrificed republican hopes for the sake of Italian unity under a monarchy. The event is a popular subject for Italian patriotic statues and paintings.” (The Handshake of Teano, Wikipedia)

Bicycle Racks

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Bicycle racks at the “vaporetto” (water bus) stop
Lido di Venezia
Venice, September 2013

White Swans

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White swans
Round Pond, Kensington Gardens
London, October 2009

Apollon, la Poésie et la Musique

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“Apollon, la Poésie et la Musique” (Apollo, Poetry, and Music) by Aimé Millet, 1869
Palais Garnier
Place de l'Opéra
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris July, 2012

See also: La Prudence

Room of Cybele

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The original floor with the seal of Cosimo I de' Medici, 1556
Camera di Cibele o di Opi (Room of Cybele or Opis)
Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della Signoria
Florence, October 2013

Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti

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Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti seen from the Canal Grande (Grand Canal)
Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

Taxi!

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“Taxi” by John Seward Johnson II, 1983
East 48th Street and Park Avenue
New York, September 2008

“Unlike much public art, his work is not heroic. No larger-than-life forebears on pedestals or pigeon-decorated generals on horses for him. Instead, he brings sculpture down to ground level, where it celebrates the simplest human acts and attitudes. His figures nap on park benches, ride skateboards, bop to boom boxes, eat lunch, neck and scratch their noses. One girl seated on a park bench reads a love letter from a boyfriend. But when a viewer looks carefully, he sees the name of a different boy on her ID bracelet. Another figure is unaware that his fly is unzipped, and one brazen fellow cheats at cards.” (Seward's Follies, The New York Times)

AS 555 Fennec

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AS 555 Fennec helicopter on Bastille Day
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

Noah

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“Noah”, copy of the original bronze panel of the
Porte del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence Baptistery)
Piazza del Duomo
Florence, October 2013

See also: Adam and Eve - Cain and Abel

Ponte di Ca' Rezzonico

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Ponte di Ca' Rezzonico
Rio di San Barnaba, Dorsoduro
Venice, September 2013

See also: Ca' Rezzonico

Max Planck

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Monument to Max Planck by Bernhard Heiliger, 1949
Humboldt University
Unter den Linden
Berlin, September 2011

La Poésie

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“La Poésie” (Poetry) by Charles Gumery, 1869
Palais Garnier
Place de l'Opéra
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris July, 2012

See also: L'Harmonie

Erboristeria Gremoni

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Erboristeria Gremoni (Gremoni Herbalist's Shop)
Via Faenza
Florence, October 2013

Statues on the Roof

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Statues on the roof of Jacopo Sansovino's building which holds the
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (National Library of St Mark's)
Piazzetta San Marco, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

Robert Stephenson

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Robert Stephenson by Carlo Marochetti, 1871
Euston station
Euston Road, Camden
London, October 2009

See also: Richard the Lionheart

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann

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The glass dome of the Galeries Lafayette flagship store
Boulevard Haussmann / Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
Quartier de la Chaussée-d’Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

Cenacolo di Ognissanti

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Ultima Cena (Last Supper) by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1480
Cenacolo di Ognissanti (Refectory of All-Saints)
Borgo Ognissanti
Florence, April 2014

“The large refectory of the church of Ognissanti is located between the first and second cloister of the old convent. The room on the opposite wall gives access to a splendid stone door in pietra serena, with two basins, built in 1480, on each side. The niches are decorated with two frescoes referring to water: Sarah at Jacob's pit and Moses who makes water gush from the rock, two 17th century works by Giuseppe Romei. The central fresco, which entirely Downs the wall (8.10 x 4 m), is the work of Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494), who produced with this work one of the best examples of his art, representing a serene yet dramatic episode of the Last Supper. The apostles are painted in the moment in which Jesus announces that one of them will betray him. Following the requests of the monks who commissioned the painting, Ghirlandaio picked out a large number of apparently decorative details, which are in reality a precise symbolic reference to the drama of the Passion and Redemption of Christ, as for instance the evergreen plants, the flight of quails, the oranges, the cherries, the dove and the peacock. By being a separate fresco, it can be compared to the style of the sinopite on the left wall.” (Last Supper of Ognissanti, The Museums of Florence)

See also: Ultima Cena

Church of San Marcuola

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Church of San Marcuola (Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus)
Campo San Marcuola, Cannaregio
Venice, September 2013

“Founded in the 9th or 10th Century and dedicated to St Ermagora and St Fortunato, which became, by the mysterious workings of Venetian dialect, San Marcuola. This church was famous for housing the right hand of John the Baptist - the one with which he'd baptised Christ. Rebuilt after a fire, which was caused by an earthquake, and reconsecrated in 1343. Barbari's map of 1500 shows the church perpendicular to the Grand Canal with the apse to the north (see detail below). This church also had a hermit's cell over the door in which three (and later six) women were walled up. They moved to the church of the Eremite when San Marcuola became unstable and needed to be rebuilt. This work began in 1663 with the chancel, and then the rest of the church, orientated parallel to the Grand Canal this time, with its apse to the east. The architect was Giorgio Gaspari, who died in 1730, after which the work was completed by Giorgio Massari.” (San Marcuola, The Churches of Venice)

Nikola Tesla

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Detail of the bust of Nikola Tesla by Marina Zivic, 2007
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava
West 25th Street
New York, September 2008

L'Harmonie

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“L'Harmonie” (Harmony) by Charles Gumery, 1869
Palais Garnier
Place de l'Opéra
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris July, 2012

See also: La Poésie

Cain and Abel

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“Cain and Abel”, copy of the original bronze panel of the
Porte del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence Baptistery)
Piazza del Duomo
Florence, October 2013

See also: Adam and Eve - Noah

Secondo Chiostro

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Secondo Chiostro (Second Cloister)
Church of San Salvador (Holy Savior)
Campo San Salvador, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

See also: Primo Chiostro

Kronprinzenpalais

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Ironwork, Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince's Palace)
Unter den Linden
Berlin, September 2011

HSBC France Clock

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Clock, façade of the HSBC France headquarters
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2010

Allegory of Architecture

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“Architettura” (Architecture) by Giambologna, 1580
Museo nazionale del Bargello (Bargello National Museum)
Via del Proconsolo
Florence, October 2013

“This is a creation from Jean de Boulogne's early period in Florence, which can be dated back to around 1565 and which was made from a single block of marble, including the base. Early mentions of the work date back to the 18th century, when Architettura is recorded as being in the Boboli gardens and being placed outside has allowed the elements to cause surface damage. This work most certainly came from the collection belonging to Francesco de' Medici, in which it stood as a sumptuous symbol of Geometry or Architettura: as can be seen by the sextant, compass and square that the young woman holds in her hand.
This is one of the seated virginal female figures that the sculptor created in response to the allegories of the artistic disciplines which became the centre of an academic discussion following the completion of the Arts for Michelangelo's Tomb in Santa Croce. The low level of finish on the back of the statue leads us to think that it was originally placed inside a niche. The work in marble, although spotted with cracks and integrations, shows us how the artist mixed his modern attention to nature (the girl´s pointed nipples, rounded stomach and supple legs) with a lucid construction, which can be seen here in the especially particularly gentle, flattened and coolly rounded forms.” (Architecture, Il Giambologna a Firenze)

Orecchioni

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Detail of Santa Maria della Salute (Saint Mary of Health)
(Seen from the Ponte dell'Accademia)
Venice, September 2013

“An extravagant display, made up of eight Palladian façades, with the grandest facing onto the Grand Canal. Huge buttresses with orecchioni (big ears) support the drum of the dome and lots of statues of saints and angels. The lantern on top of the dome supports a statue of the Virgin blessing the city. Behind there's the smaller dome over the sanctuary and two delicate campanili.” (Salute, The Churches of Venice)

See also: Santa Maria della Salute

CityJet BAe Avro RJ85

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CityJet BAE Avro 146-RJ85
Seen from Canary Wharf
London, October 2009

“Launched in 1992, the Avro RJ85 regional jet has been an influential player in the development of regional air transport. Powered by Honeywell LF 507 turbofan engines, it is specifically designed to perform on shorter runways, essential for CityJet's operation into airports like London City Airport. CityJet Avro RJ85 aircraft are equipped with the most up-to-date flight deck and navigation systems, and all-weather landing capability. Passengers enjoy sculpted leather seating improved standard seat pitch and enhanced baggage stowage space in the cabin.” (Avro RJ85, CityJet)